Dump-car.



F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP CAR. APPLIOATIOH FILED 06127, 1906.

Patented July 18, 4911'."

INVENTOR.

"I1162lI. 1S' for directing-the dischange from a ing doors which swing downwardly at their embodied in a battle structure-depending "wardly'at the lower of the battle:

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s'r, Louis, MIS$OURI .'A oonrosArron or wEsr 'vm DUMP-OAR. i i

Spec'ificstion of Letters Patent. Application filed o t'br'zr, 19061 Serial No. 340,818.

In the. drswings; Figure l a' side, eleva tion 01' an Ingoldsby car equipped with my bafl'le'; F 1g. 2 1s a cross section of such car,

To all whom it may concern: v

Be itknown that I, FRANK-S. INGOLDVSIQV 11 citizen pf the'United, States, residing at St. Louis,.Stz1te of Missouri, hare invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dump-Cars, of which the, following is a full, clear,- end-exact description, reference being theu'ccompunying drawings, The-npplication of C. E. (Rossett fol-a for securing-the car. Referring by reference ings,A represents the sides of central longitudinal. beam; C the dumping l doors which are hingedat their inneriedges to such; beam, and at their outer edges are adapted to abut the lower edges of, the sides. The doors 'areshown as adapted to be held I in a closed posit-ion by means Of'llOOkSD on battle to. the side of e steel tlie car Bthe dump. car, filed contemporzineously herewith, and numbered 3lO,-Sl9 shows, .de-' scribes and claims a dump '-carhaving a hzifiieto deflect the discharged "load. The' present invention is an extension of. the one therein shown, increasing the efiiciency .and the scope otapplication thereof. Like the invention'of Mr. Gossett, the present in vention is well adapted for'ca'rs of the Tngoldsby type, whereih'there is a-centrel longitiulinal beamvto' which are hinged dump- A link F connects the hooks D-with an" op erating lever G. ()n the underside 'of the longitudinnl beam I have shown zpdependers'J which are adaptedto their ends holding the doors in-the n he'n dropped. Suitable; prings K are car ried "on the undersidesot the doors toen'- gage. the bumpersf End shields L- are vided vto prevent the Q ends "of thexleors; t ,This' much of the con-v struction is usual in shy a Thejbafiie board',' which may bef na'defof.

be locked with outer/edges zit the sidesof the car. lVitl desired position sueh ears the invention is most satisfactorily from-thesidcs ofthe car. I

The battle structqre,]wl1ieh in the Gossettzipplication is shown as rigidly. carried by the earside' I carry flexibly by the per side, so that it may swing inwardly oroutedge, and I proifid'e 'ad ustable' means for holding the lower edge Thus; with my improvement; the 'ba'tlle nia'y; stand 1 verticelly 'or may in- ,eline' inwardly or "outwardly,-"iaccording' t0 the particular requirements for which the.

l. The fi'eXible-s'ecurement oi the births to the car side'I may ec eom plis'h by lo'os'e f'h'ooks, .wherefo'r'e the baflle may be Very easily reniov'edwhen notlln use; I herein 'usethe term freely removable to define that removab'ilitywhich 'i's accomplished withoutdismantling. For emurple the Gossett'bafiles held by boltsnrein a sense re?ovnbleg but they do. not have-the free rcmovability of-m bntiies. I 3 f:

' ear employing mylbulllesis especially well adapted for all sorts of bal ast service, the particular position which the batlle, o'csuit-abl'e hangers As sho wn inthelxdraw 'baflie: 'boardin" e1 position Out i f. 2 nne of the car. Thisjellows 'elearanee fiir. the projecting .floorhbea'msE, and has been found satisfactory-in causing-the desired deflection-of the discharged materiel- 1 1 i The hangers P in I removably and pi'votally' carried; by the ear I -side.- In. Figs. 1 and complished I by providing'straps S'i'which arebo'lted tothe lower'cholidsof-the car sidesby olts Q, the strzip's preferably haying their upper ends-.bent over the upper surfacesof the chords. These straps have then. lower' ends formed into hooks adapted. to projectthrough openingsin the hangers PL]. This 1 makes a very simple and efficient supportjor spread for the ballast which the natureofl the hangers. I i the right-of-way requires. WhemSteel earsure 'emnloyed, as shown 1 t I p H H ing, the .hangersarearrsnged tohold the,

tours. riissounr, ASSIGNOR T0 with INGOLDSBY iiurro- Patented Jn 1 i1s, 191'1./

z and Figs. 3 and l are detailsshowing means -let ters to the draw i the sides of the ear'engeging. floor beams E I projectingfrom the uI-ldersides of tliedodrs.

' ingl plate H which carries arc-shaped buinpprojectingvarying amounts, thus P materlnl pass'ing off the eith O i or metal, is designated depends-from the ca? Side, i g carried-.11

2 -th-is isrshown as acf a, curving over the edge thereof as indiin Figs. 3 and i, the hanger P maybe hooked directly to the outerflange a of the angle bar a constituting the lower chord, the outer side In Fig. 3 thehanger 1s on of the batlleN and bends over at its upper end so'thatthe end portion p? of the hanger extends downwardly through an opening in the flange a. In Fig. 4. the hanger is on the inner side of the battle and extends di rectly upward through an opening in flange cated at 71*.

My balfle may tree to swing, gravity alone, or grav1tysisted by a spring, holding it ni -.appr

mately a vertical position during .d-isr'zha'r'ge of the load against it. Such operation'has the advantage for certain classes of material that a free discharge is allowed to large lumps which might otherwise catch between the battle and door. For. other uses, it is desirable to hold the so as to'.positively limit its outward tendency in operation. To accomplish this, I provide tie bars T which at their outer ends are connected with the battles and at their inner ends with members depending from the central beam. Such depending members -may very conveniently be plates H secured as a downward extension to the plates H which carry the bumpers. The tie bars at their outer ends may be secured firmly to the-battle hangers or they may expose.

- ment, at least, while it may holds the hanger against outward moveconnected therefrom.

At their inner ends, the tie bars from the two sides of the car may conveniently pass onto opposite sides of the same plate- H, and be secured .by a common pin'U passingthrough that plate and the two bars, such pin being conveniently located in the medial plane of the car. A chain u maybe prov ded to insure against the pin U being lost. Each tie bar is provided with a plurality of holes t, whereby the effective length of the tie bars may be varied to hold the baffles either in vertical position or inclined outwardly or inwardly as desired.

In my structure, when the battles are not desired, they may be very easily removed by simply disconnecting the tie bars T and unhoolring the hangers from their supporting members. lVhen in use, it is only necessary to vary the s'ecurement of the tie bars to car having a dropping door swing downward v v and a pendulous battle forproperlyjdefleqt- 'mg the lower end of the batlie .ing and be easily diswith the car whereby it swipg and whereby position the bafies as best'adapted forflthe" service required. a

I claim: r

1. The combination of a side dumping to discharge the load and a bathe flexibly carried bythe side of the car opposite the discharge opening caused by'such dropping and adapted to defleet the material discharged by the dropped c 001'.

'2. The combination of a dump car having a horizontal load supporting door ada ted to discharge the ostd.

3. The combination of a suit im'iping car 1 and a battle flexibly carried fbyfl the'sides'of the car and adapted to deflt'the material dumped, and retaining means for said battle,

4. The combination ofa side dumping car and a bafile flexibly carried by the sides of the car and adapted to deflect the materiaL dumped, and adjustable means for holding said baffle in different positions.

5. The combination of a dump car having suitable load discharging means, and means flexibly carried by the car for properly deflectingthe discharge therefrom 6. The combination ofa dumpoar having suitable'load discharging means means flexibly carried by the side of the car -for properly deflecting the discharge therefrom, and adjustable means for holding the flexibly carried means in position.

7 A dump car having a door adapted to swing to discharge the load combined with a removable hinged battle located adjacent to the discharge opening and adapted to deflect the discharged load.

8. A dump car having a door adapted to swing to discharge the load combined with a battle located adjacent-to the discharge openadapted to deflectthe .:disc hai'ged load, said baffle having a hooked gupport discharge therefro1n may be easily removed, a

A 9. The combination of adump carhaving a load supporting door forming a portion of the floor of the car and adapted to drop at one edge to discharge the load across the door, and a pivotally supported baflle located opposite the path throughwhich the free edge of the door swings in dropping, the discharged load may impinge on said battle and be deflected thereby.

10. The combination of a dump car hav ing a longitudinal door, the freeedge of which is adapted to swing downward at the side of the car to discharge the load to-' ward the side, and a battle pivotally carried 125 by the side to receive and deflect such discharge.

l1. The combination of ing a longitudinal door,. which is adapted to swing a dung) car havthe; free: edge of downward at the side otjthe ear to the side, a bafil ,to receive anddefl --means for' holdii1g' stichfbafile against outward movement;

tear and a baflle movab y of the car and .ada 'te' rial dumped,,said aflie being located in a hinged to the opposite central longitudinal beam,

discharge the load toward e flexiblyv carried by the side ect such discharge, and

12. The combination of aside dumping carried by the side as deflect the mateplan'e'outs'ide of the plane. of the car side,

and means for. l 1olding said bafile against outward movement;

v of a car having a central. longitudinal beam, dumping doors edges of said beam and having. their free edges adapted to co- 13. The combination operate with the car sides and swing downward to discharge the. loadoutwardly a pair of pendulous baflles depending fromthe car sidesand adapted to deflect the dis charged load, and retalning means connect ing said bafileswit h'the longitudinalbeam;

14. The combination of'a -car having-a dumping jdoors hinged to the opposite edgesofjsaid beam and having their free edges adaptedto coes and swing downoperate with the oarstld wardly to discharge t 1e load outwardly, a hangers secured to the bafile for. each side, bafl ies and .pendulously securedto-rthe car sides, and releasing .means engaging said= hangers neartheir' lower ends. Y a a 15. The combination of a. side dumping car, hangers p'endulously secured to the sides thereof, baffles secured to said hangers,'andretaining means engaging said hangers near; their-lower ends. 7 r

16;The combinationof a' side dumping car, hangers secured to the sides thereof anddependingtl-ierefrom, bafiles secured. to 'said hangers, and means in addition to the hang:

ers connected with thelower portion-ofIt-he battles to prevent outward, movement," v 17. The combination with the sidewalls of. side dumping cars, of hangerspivotally secured thereto and depending m planes outside of the-planes of the. car sides, baffles extending lengthwise of the ear-and se cured tosaid hangers, andfretaining means engaging saidhangers' near their lower-ends; 18. The combinatiom with a -side.duinping car' 'having a central beam, C bafiles,

means for supporting said bafllesfrom the car side, and means connecting the baflies .with -the central-beam.

19 In a dump car, the combination of" dumping means. a bafile-pendulously carried thereby, and-,an adjustablejtierod for retaining the bai'fle'in'positione p '20. The. combination of a dumpflcar hav-..

a longitudinal vdoor, the -free"edge,'of

" which is-adapted to swingdownward'fat the sd'e of the car to discharge the loadtowardthe side, a battle pendulously carried-by the sideto receiveand deflectsuch discharge,

. I 21' The" ass a 'where .y they tending lengthwise beneath the carjjside,

car having hinged tion of. the load bumpers for. said flexibly carried by the. sides-of said car. 1 witha dump carhaving a centra l'longitu'dinal. structure-to whi-eh dumpin'g-doors'are hinged and bafand a'tierod f or retaining the baflle in m having a hOOkBd COII I IECt-iOII therewith, baffles extending lengthwise of, the car and secured to said hangers, engaging said hangers near their. lower and retaining means ends. Q r

23L' Thegcombinatiqn of aside dumping car hay-in "a central beam and doors hingedportion to the load I thereto w i-ch form a carrying floor and are adaptedto swing downward 'attheir'outer edges to discharge baflies carried by the sides in the path,- of the discharging 1nate- 'rial,' -and tie rods connected; at their oute'r I ends with. the bafiles and at their. inner ends adjust-ably connected 'witli'a member depending from the central beaml 24. The combination of a-side dumping doors which ,form a por-' carrying floor and are adapted to swing downward at their outer edges to discharge beneath the car' side,

doors to hold them when dropped in such discharging position, baf flesfiexiblycarried by the sides in the pathof the dischargingmaterial, and tie rods connected at their outer ends with the bafflesan'd at their inner ends adjustably conried by such member. t 25. The. combination,

central beam,-said bumpers being also cardumping doors carried thereby, of baflies 26. The combination,

fies carried'by t-helsides of the car andbraced by members extending from said central structure; -L"The Combination, in a dump'c'ar ofa ,nected with a-member depending from the with .adump car -hav'ing. a Central longitudinalbeam with central longitudinalistructure and horizontal load supporting doors hinged thereto and baffles flexibly carried by the sides of the .car

and depending into the path of the discharge of material from saideehtral struc- 'turewhen dropped.

"28 The -combination, with a I dump. car having a central longitudinal. -structure which carries dumping doors'and bafiles flexibly carried by the sides-v ofbraced by members'extendmg from said central structure'.- a I 2 I 1 .29.' The combination, in a dump teary-,- of a the car and 4| eaenso central longitudinal etructure and baffle s ried by the sides of the ear and adapted to flexibly carried by the sides of the car. deflect material dumped. 10

30. The cof bination with a dump car, of In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my a baflle flexibly carried thereby. signature in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 81. The combination of a dumping car FRANK S. INGOLDSBY. having a central longitudinal ridge with Witnesses:

slantingsides, load-discharging means co- CHAS. H. MEYER, operating With'said ridge, and a bailie car-- MARY D. l/VHI'rCOMB. 

